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Tours similar to this. >> reporter: so far they have covered more than half of the priority search area and authorities believe they are on target to complete it by may. the malaysian government has remain tight-lipped on what will happen if nothing is found in that priority area by the end of next month. malaysia and australia are sharing the costs for what has become the most expensive search in history. however, australian prime minister tony abbott has indicated his country is prepared to continue searching, alloyaying the fears of the traumatized families who so desperately want answers. ...

Families who lost loved ones on board that plane. just so happened to also be a military trained pilot, a former marine helicopter pilot. what is the status right now on the two prongs of what's going on right now -- compensating those family members and searching for that missing plane? >> well, let me just tell you, representing the families, the family really only care about one thing, which is the search effort. and right now, they're searching a priority area in the southern indian ocean. that priority area is supposed to be completely searched. the underwater search is supposed to be com...

Are joined by cnn aviation analyst and former inspector general of the united states department of transportation, mary scaiavo. david, a read a piece "the guardian" this weekend. one had her partner philip wood who what when we checked in a few months ago this was in full gear. >> it is. there's 18,000 square miles still to search. they searched 9,000 very diligently. this is the highest priority area, that's the highest probability area. i can empathize with sarah's feelings in that it seems as though it's just too little too late right now and that no one's lost -- and that people have lost...

Wants to get to come here to police headquarters and identify their daughter's remains. and so that happened. it took a few hours. just a few moments ago, those remains were handed over to her family in a ceremony. certainly a somber afternoon here in surabaya. >> very somber afternoon. absolutely heart breaking to learn of this development and see the photos of the beautiful young woman. such an agonizing wait for her family members and other families still waiting for answers. what can you tell us more about the search and new focus of the search. >> reporter: that's right. still 158 more fa...

Communications information. information which was never really intended to have the capability to track an aircraft. now, that process which has been going on now for several weeks is complete. the new priority area is still focused on the same seventh arc in the southern indian ocean where the aircraft last communicat communicated. we are currently focusing our search effort further south. the area has been subject to aerial and visual searching for wreckage and debris. now we will move to an underwater search. again, i want to reiterate that this area of the sea is very deep. three to five k...